Fórsa General Secretary Kevin Callinan has said that a reestablishment of social dialogue, bringing together government, unions and employers, could resolve or improve issues where the government has failed, including childcare, education and housing.

A further conciliation conference at the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) to finalise the replacement of the common recruitment pool with an agreement on confined promotion competitions is scheduled for next week, October 18th.

Fórsa has criticised the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government’s latest update on matters involving Irish Water.

Irish companies that pilot or introduce a four-day working week will be able to seek support from 4DWI (Four Day Week Ireland), a new coalition of businesses, unions, environmentalists, academics and NGOs established to campaign for shorter working time in all sectors of the economy.